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Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 1:57pm
Mobile Monetization Levels to Surpass Desktop in 1-3 Years
As mobile usage increases, Google and Facebook are quickly losing out on their primary source of revenue. But if Mary Meeker's estimates are accurate, that could change very soon. Meeker, a former Wall Street analyst and a current partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, gave a detailed...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 9:42am
Rich People Unite With Cheap Vacation Homes
Spend a fortune today, save a fortune tomorrow. If you've ever wanted to rent a mansion without the hassle of handing over several grand a night, and if you don't mind spending $15,000 to get that privilege, Inspirato is for you. Described as an Airbnb for the rich and famous, Inspirato profits...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 8:19am
$26M for Fashion E-Commerce Company Trendyol.com
Trendyol.com is getting a financial boost today with investments from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Tiger Global. Based in Turkey, Trendyol is riding the nation's recent tech boom. With an estimated 35 million Internet users (45% of the population), Trendyol.com is in an interesting...
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WSJ- Twitter Worth $7 Billion
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 3:14pmAccording to the Wall Street Journal, Twitter is now worth $7 billion, having raised hundreds of millions in a few financing round, according to a person close to the situation. It is not known who is participating in this round of financing, although the company did raise $200 million seven...
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SuVolta Licenses Low-Power Chip Technology to Fujitsu
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 3:29pm
Silicon Valley startup SuVolta has announced that it has technology that will reduce the amount of power consumed by semiconductor chips by 50% or more without sacrificing performance. SuVolta's PowerShrink platform minimizes the electrical variation in each of the millions of transistors on a chip...
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Venture Capitalist Joe Lacob Outbids Larry Ellison for Warriors Stake (ORCL)
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 4:26pmDow Jones is reporting that the famed CEO of Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), Larry Ellison, was outbid by Joe Lacob for the ownership stake in the Golden State Warriors, an NBA team. Joe Lacob is a partner at Menlo Park-based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; KPCB specializes in life-sciences...
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Doubles Size Of Apple (AAPL) Applications Fund
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 4:16pm
Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers announced that it was expanding its "iFund", which supports companies that create programs for the Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone OS, to fund developers of programs for the iPad as well. Besides expanding the type of companies that the...
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